coronavirus
Markets
Sensex, Nifty slide as virus jitters return, financials drag
Indian shares closed lower on Friday as global data laid bare the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic and ......
Finance
Blackstone's first-quarter profit rises but coronavirus weighs
Blackstone Group Inc, the world's largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, reported a 4% ......
TMT
Digital lenders braced to weather coronavirus but loan aggregators in peril
Digital lenders’ revenues are better positioned than those of loan aggregators amid the coronavirus crisis at least in the short ......
Economy
Locked-down Indian economy in its worst quarter since mid-1990s: Poll
The Indian economy is likely to suffer its worst quarter since the mid-1990s, hit by the ongoing lockdown imposed to ......
Finance
Online due diligence to gain traction as coronavirus lockdowns disrupt dealmaking
The coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns in many countries will accelerate the trend of dealmakers conducting due diligence for potential transactions ......
General
Govt freezes inflation-linked salary hike of employees to combat coronavirus
India on Thursday froze inflation-linked hikes of salaries and pensions of federal employees and pensioners as part of efforts to ......
Markets
Sensex, Nifty climb on stimulus hopes, surge in banks and IT firms
Indian shares marked a six-week closing high on Thursday, boosted by gains in heavyweight banking and IT stocks on expectations ......
Finance
For SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, coronavirus turns vision to illusion
SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son's dream of a global tech empire is unravelling, with the coronavirus crisis compounding losses ......
Finance
Global CEOs see U-shaped recession due to coronavirus: Survey
Global business leaders are preparing for a drawn-out U-shaped recession due to the impact of coronavirus and many fear their ......
Manufacturing
Medical device makers battle supply snags in race to build affordable ventilators
Indian medical device makers, racing to churn out ventilators as domestic COVID-19 cases spike, have been beset by supply bottlenecks, ......